Posted in custard, dessert, pie, tuesdays with dorie on Mar 1st, 2010
I used to not like coconut. That was dumb. I used to not like a lot of ingredients that are actually very good – ingredients that I’m not sure I’d actually tried. That was also dumb.
Although I think I would have liked this tart even back in my coconut-adverse days. There’s toasted [...]
Dave lucked out this year when his annual birthday pie didn’t come out quite right. Because then I made another one, and then when that one wasn’t perfect either, I made another one.
The recipe is Tartine’s, and as usual, they take a classic and kick it up a notch. Their banana cream pie [...]
Posted in custard, dessert, fruit, nuts, pie, tuesdays with dorie, winter/holidays on Dec 1st, 2009
I’m not really good with pears. I don’t know much about them, so I never buy them. And, of course, because I never buy them, I don’t learn much about them. Which types are best for baking and for eating? When are they in season? How do I know when [...]
Posted in asian, custard, dessert, gluten free on Nov 28th, 2009
Dave’s attitude toward restaurants has changed dramatically over the past few months, and I love it. He used to think of eating out as simply a way to get food with minimal effort; the faster he could get in and out, the better. I remember impatiently waiting for our orders to be taken, [...]
Posted in chocolate, custard, dessert, gluten free, tuesdays with dorie on Oct 6th, 2009
Have you ever had a recipe go haywire and just not be able to figure out for the life of you what went wrong? You review the recipe again and again, thinking, “well, it certainly looks like I did exactly what I was supposed to…”
One of the best parts of Tuesdays with Dorie is the [...]
Posted in chocolate, custard, dessert, french, gluten free, tuesdays with dorie on Sep 8th, 2009
I’ve noticed lately that some of the fanciest desserts are actually the easiest to make. Crème brulée? Mousse? Molten chocolate cake? There’s nothing difficult about any of them, and the same can be said of chocolate soufflé.
You really just melt chocolate with sugar, then stir in milk and egg yolks. Whip [...]
Posted in citrus, custard, dessert, fruit, pie, tuesdays with dorie on Aug 25th, 2009
Oh, how times change. I had kind of thought that last year’s lemon cream tart would be my first and last citrus cream experience. Seriously, that is a lot of butter. But apparently, my attitude toward rich foods has slowly evolved from ‘this is way too fattening for me to indulge in [...]
Posted in cake, cheese, custard, dessert, freezer friendly, fruit, summer on Aug 23rd, 2009
My brother became known as the family cheesecake maker early on. I think we were still teenagers when he started getting cheesecake cookbooks. In one of those, there was a recipe for amaretto peach cheesecake that became a family favorite.
I’m guessing it’s a Kraft recipe that’s widely available on the internet, but, frankly, [...]
Posted in custard, dessert, freezer friendly, gluten free, tuesdays with dorie on Jul 29th, 2009
I haven’t been as interested in ice cream the last few years (I demand butter and flour and the stand mixer and the oven!), but that wasn’t always the case. When Dave and I started dating, we lived near a great frozen custard place. We’d go probably once a week, normally just for [...]
Cooking, to me, isn’t a competition. It’s about sharing and exchanging ideas. Cooking for someone is like offering them a bit of a gift, and competition adds intimidation where there should be none. Plus, whether someone is more or less experienced than me when it comes to cooking, I’m sure I have something [...]
